Description |
2 audio discs (142 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Forty-six selections of early blues, gospel, and old country music originally issued as 78 rpm discs. |
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Various artists. |
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Produced by Richard Nevins. |
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"The Dead Sea scrolls of record collecting! Super rarities & unissued gems of the 1920s & '30s"--Container. |
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Compact discs; direct and acoustical recordings. |
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Program notes by Richard Nevins (20 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) in container; container and insert art by R. Crumb. |
Contents |
CD 1. Croquet habits (Freeny's Barn Dance Band) -- Mississippi county farm blues (Son House) -- Up jumped the rabbit (Georgia Pot Lickers) -- I'm going back home (Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy) -- Fightin' in the war with Spain (Wilmer Watts and the Lonely Eagles) -- Old Timbrook blues (John Byrd) -- A little talk with Jesus (Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers) -- Slidin' delta (Tommy Johnson) -- Alabama blues (The Three Stripped Gears) -- Rollin dough blues (Jack Gowdlock) -- Ginseng blues (Kentucky Ramblers) -- Police and high sheriff come ridin' down (Ollis Martin) -- John Hardy blues (Roy Harvey & Jess Johston and the West Virginia Ramblers) -- Original Stack O' Lee blues (Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull: The Down Home Boys) -- Two step de la prairie soileau (Amedie Ardoin & Dennis McGee) -- Operator blues (Andrew & Jim Baxter) -- The grey eagle (J.D. Harris) -- Jim Strainer blues (Memphis Jug Band) -- Ain't that troule in mind (Grayson County Railsplitters) -- Old rub alcohol blues (Dock Boggs) -- Mistreatin' mama (Jaybird Coleman) -- It's a rough road to Georgia (Henry Whitter) -- Live the life (Rev. B.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough & congregation). |
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CD 2. Sweet mama (Yank Rachel with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones) -- We all love Mother (Crowder Brothers) -- Clarksdale moan (Son House) -- Bull dog Sal (Ashley & Foster) -- Down in Texas blues (Jesse "Babyface" Thomas) -- Chicken don't roost too high (Georgia Pot Lickers) -- I'm leavin' town (but I sure don't wanna go) (William Harris) -- Wild cat rag (Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs) -- Whoopee blues (King Solomon Hill) -- Davey Crockett (Chubby Parker) -- Skinny leg blues (Geeshie Wiley) -- I'm gonna marry that pretty little girl (Sweet Brothers) -- I shall not be moved (Blind Roosevelt Graves & Uaroy Graves) -- Lonesome railroad blues (Smith & Irvine) -- If I call you mama (Luke Jordon) -- My mind is to marry (Grayson & Whitter) -- Green river (Osey Helton) -- Don't speak to me (Lottie Kimbrough) -- Married man's blues (Wade Ward) -- Sweet Betsey from Pike (Ken Maynard) -- Boll weevil (Jaybird Coleman) -- Bound steel blues (Bill Shepherd with Hayes Shepherd & Ed Webb) -- Bells of love (Middle Georgia Singing Convention no. 1). |
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GMD: sound recording. |
Subject |
Old-time music.
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Gospel music.
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Blues (Music) -- To 1931.
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Blues (Music) -- 1931-1940.
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Country music -- To 1951.
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Bluegrass music -- To 1951.
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Added Author |
Memphis Minnie, 1897-1973. Performer.
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Kansas Joe, 1905-1950. Performer.
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Nevins, Richard. Producer.
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Crumb, R. Cover designer.
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House, Son. Performer.
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Watts, Wilmer, 1897-1943. Performer.
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Byrd, John. Performer.
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Phipps, Ernest. Performer.
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Johnson, Tommy, approximately 1896-1956. Performer.
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Gowdlock, John. Performer.
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Martin, Ollis. Performer.
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Harvey, Roy. Performer.
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Johnston, Jess, 1898-1952. Performer.
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Reed, Long Cleve. Performer.
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Hull, Papa Harvey. Performer.
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Ardoin, Amadé. Performer.
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McGee, Dennis. Performer.
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Baxter, Andrew. Performer.
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Baxter, Jim (Musician) Performer.
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Harris, J. D. (Jared Dedrick), musician. Performer.
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Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971. Performer.
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Coleman, Jaybird. Performer.
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Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941. Performer.
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Wightman, B. L. Performer.
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Beaman, Lottie. Performer.
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Rachell, Yank. Performer.
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Estes, Sleepy John, 1899-1977. Performer.
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Thomas, Jesse, 1911-1995. Performer.
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Harris, William (Blues musician) Performer.
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Martin, Asa, 1900-1979. Performer.
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Hobbs, Roy (Musician) Performer.
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Hill, King Solomon, 1897-1949. Performer.
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Parker, Chubby. Performer.
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Wiley, Geechie. Performer.
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Graves, Roosevelt. Performer.
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Graves, Uaroy. Performer.
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Jordan, Luke. Performer.
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Helton, Osey. Performer.
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Ward, Wade. Performer.
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Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. Performer.
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Shepherd, Bill (Musician) Performer.
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Shepherd, Hayes, 1895-1952. Performer.
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Webb, Ed. Performer.
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Jones, Jab. Performer.
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Freeney's Barn Dance Band. Performer.
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Holiness Singers. Performer.
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Kentucky Ramblers (Blues group) Performer.
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West Virginia Ramblers. Performer.
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Memphis Jug Band. Performer.
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Crowder Brothers. Performer.
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Ashley & Foster. Performer.
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Sweet Brothers. Performer.
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Smith & Irvine (Musical group) Performer.
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Grayson and Whitter (Musical group) Performer.
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Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1. Performer.
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Georgia Potlickers (Musical group) Performer.
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Lonely Eagles (Musical group) Performer.
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Three Stripped Gears (Musical group) Performer.
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Grayson County Railsplitters. Performer.
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Added Title |
Croquet habits.
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Mississippi county farm blues.
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Up jumped the rabbit.
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I'm going back home.
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Fightin' in the war with Spain.
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Old Timbrook blues.
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Little talk with Jesus.
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Slidin' delta.
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Alabama blues.
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Rollin dough blues.
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Ginseng blues.
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Police and high sheriff come ridin' down.
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John Hardy blues.
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Original Stack O'Lee blues.
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Two step de la prairie soileau.
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Operator blues.
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Grey eagle.
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Jim Strainer blues.
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Ain't that troule in mind.
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Old rub alcohol blues.
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Mistreatin' mama.
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It's a rough road to Georgia.
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Live the life.
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Sweet mama.
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We all love Mother.
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Clarksdale moan.
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Bull dog Sal.
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Down in Texas blues.
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Chicken don't roost too high.
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I'm leavin' town (but I sure don't wanna go)
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Wild cat rag.
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Whoopee blues.
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Davey Crockett.
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Skinny leg blues.
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I'm gonna marry that pretty little girl.
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I shall not be moved.
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Lonesome railroad blues.
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If I call you mama.
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My mind is to marry.
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Green river.
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Don't speak to me.
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Married man's blues.
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Sweet Betsey from Pike.
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Boll weevil.
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Bound steel blues.
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Bells of love.
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Music No. |
2202 Yazoo |
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2202-1--2202-2 Yazoo |